Solutions Architect · Distributed Systems

I turn ambiguous, high-stakes ideas into distributed systems that ship.

15+ years designing high-load, fault-tolerant platforms — owned end-to-end from architecture to production. 10+ systems live right now, delivered at the velocity and cost of a small team.

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  • voice-ai online
  • mutter online
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The differentiator

Architect-grade judgment at the velocity of a small team.

I design the system, decompose it into precise specs, then drive an AI-assisted delivery workflow — AI agents implement under my continuous review, test, and hardening. You get the taste and accountability of a senior architect with the throughput of a whole squad, and none of the agency overhead.

See how it works
  • One throat to choke A single accountable expert owns architecture through production — no hand-offs, no telephone game.
  • Parallel throughput 10+ production systems run in parallel today. The workflow scales output without diluting judgment.
  • Spec-first, not vibe-first Every build starts from a reviewed design and precise decomposition — measured twice, cut once.
  • Shipped & kept running Not slideware. Real systems in production with monitoring, rollback, and reliability baked in.

What I do

Services engineered for high-stakes builds.

Six ways I take you from ambiguous idea to a system that runs in production.

System Architecture & Design

Distributed, event-driven, real-time systems designed for high load and graceful failure.

  • Event-driven
  • CQRS
  • Fault-tolerance
  • Domain modeling

End-to-End Delivery AI-accelerated

From reviewed spec to production, driven by an AI-assisted workflow under my continuous review.

  • Spec-first
  • AI agents
  • Code review
  • Prod hardening

Integration & Data Platforms

Kafka/ESB backbones that sync dozens of systems in real time — one source of truth, everywhere.

  • Kafka
  • ESB
  • Real-time sync
  • Pipelines

Cross-Platform Product Build

One accountable owner for backend, iOS, Android and web — a coherent product, not stitched silos.

  • Backend
  • iOS · SwiftUI
  • Android · Compose
  • Web · PWA

AI & Automation

LLM toolchains, MCP tools, voice AI and agentic workflows that operate real infrastructure.

  • LLM
  • MCP
  • Voice AI
  • Agents

Infrastructure & Reliability

Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability and resilient networking — systems that stay up and heal themselves.

  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Prometheus
  • VPN · Networking
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Selected work

Systems in production, not slideware.

Seven builds owned end-to-end — architecture, code, and the reliability to keep them running.

Fig. 1
event bus

Enterprise Service Bus

Company-wide integration backbone syncing 40+ systems in real time.

“One source of truth across the whole company — 40+ systems, in sync, in real time.”

  • Kafka
  • Moleculer
  • K8s
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Prometheus
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Fig. 2
phoenix

Self-hosted Messenger

Multi-platform messenger — one backend, native iOS & Android clients.

“Full-stack ownership: Elixir backend + two native apps from a single hand.”

  • Elixir/Phoenix
  • Swift/SwiftUI
  • Kotlin/Compose
  • PostgreSQL
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Fig. 3
broker mesh

Vertex VPN

Censorship-resistant VPN over an MQTT broker mesh, with E2E encryption and failover.

“Stays connected where ordinary VPNs get blocked — broker mesh + automatic failover.”

  • MQTT
  • X25519
  • ChaCha20
  • Failover
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Fig. 4
STT LLM

Voice AI Assistant

Call a phone number and control your smart home by voice.

“GSM → Whisper → LLM → MCP tools — natural speech operating real devices.”

  • GSM
  • Asterisk
  • Whisper/STT
  • LLM
  • MCP
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Fig. 5
Core ML

Stereo Hysteria

On-device AI audio — stem separation and vocal training, no cloud round-trip.

“Studio-grade separation running entirely on-device with Core ML.”

  • Core ML
  • Demucs
  • Swift
  • REST API
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Fig. 6
PouchDB CouchDB

Wish With Me

Offline-first wishlist PWA plus native iOS & Android — sync that just works.

“Works fully offline, then reconciles bidirectionally the moment you reconnect.”

  • Vue/Quasar
  • PouchDB/CouchDB
  • FastAPI
  • PWA
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Fig. 7
agent

MCP Servers

Tools that let AI agents safely operate real infrastructure.

“Turns an LLM into an operator — typed, authenticated tools over real systems.”

  • Python
  • FastMCP
  • OAuth 2.0
  • Qdrant
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How I work

A disciplined pipeline. Measure twice, cut once.

Every engagement follows the same accountable path from first call to production.

  1. Request

    We map the ambiguous goal, constraints and stakes into a shared problem statement.

  2. Plan

    Architecture, decomposition and precise specs — reviewed and approved before a line is written.

  3. Build

    AI-accelerated implementation under my continuous review — fast, but never unsupervised.

  4. Verify

    Independent testing, security review and reliability checks against concrete pass/fail criteria.

  5. Ship

    Deployed to production with monitoring, rollback readiness and documentation as code.

About

One accountable expert — not an agency.

I'm Serge Kutin, a Solutions Architect with 15+ years designing and shipping distributed, high-load, fault-tolerant systems. I own the whole arc: architecture, decomposition, precise specs, implementation, verification and production operation — so nothing gets lost between roles.

My reach is deliberately full-stack: cloud backend, native iOS and Android, desktop, DevOps and AI. Paired with an AI-assisted delivery workflow, that breadth lets a single hand deliver what usually needs a team — with tighter judgment and a straight line of accountability.

Work with me
  • BackendElixir · Node · Python · Kafka · PostgreSQL
  • MobileSwift/SwiftUI · Kotlin/Compose
  • Web & DesktopVue/Quasar · PWA · cross-platform
  • DevOpsKubernetes · CI/CD · Prometheus/Grafana
  • AILLM · MCP · Voice · Core ML
  • NetworkingVPN · MQTT mesh · real-time

Ready when you are

Let's ship the thing that actually matters.

One accountable architect. Fixed scope, shipped to production.

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